Thursday, April 12, 2012

Quilting Hands2Help I SPY Quilt With Diagonal Straight Lines

The top of the I SPY quilt measured 53". Then I measured down the side 53" and placed a piece of 1 1/2" wide blue painter's tape from that point to the far top corner. Using the tape as a guide, I sewed along the sides of the tape. I relocated the tape, placing it on one side of the two quilting lines. Using the tape as a guide I sewed a third diagonal line. I now had three quilting lines, each about 1 1/2" apart. I measured 3" from one of the quilting lines and placed a piece of tape parallel to the 3 quilting lines. I again sewed three quilting line 1 1/2" apart. After doing this from the other side, I created a grid of quilting lines. This is a close up.
Finishing up this quilt is my goal for this weekend :)

11 comments:

Vroomans' Quilts said...

Nicely done - this is a cute quilt and the simple grid works great with it. Gotta love the painter's tape.

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

It looks like the tape is giving you nice straight lines. I like the grid quilting.

Impera Magna said...

The perfect quilting for this quilt... looking good!

Linda at Roscoe's Ma said...

Hey, this looks GOOD! Thanks for describing how you did it!

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

Looks great! I have used blue painters tape too and love it!

Sheila said...

Yes. I understand that blue painters tape has been used a long time, but I didn't think to use it for straight line grid quilting until I saw The Empress of the Universe use it on her http://imperamagna.blogspot.com
I'm beginning to think that I'm one of the last quilters to know this trick :D

Marina said...

Good luck with your project, Sheila! lovely quilt!

Kat said...

Great quilt! I use blue painters tape for so many things but I've never tried it on a quilt. I might use that for my H2H quilt, if I ever get the top done!

Michelle said...

WOW! What a fun & colorful quilt!

donna said...

What a great idea to sew a grid. Love it.
Hugs
donna

Carol Swift said...

I've never used blue tape for quilting--such a great idea!

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